The Coens’ History of Mustaches

The Coens' History of Mustaches

Hailee Steinfeld holds her own against Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin in almost every category of True Grit‘s manliness, but she just can’t compete in the mustache competition. NYMag calls Damon’s ‘stache a “spectacular, instantly iconic, old-timey mustache, which builds on the Coens’ proud tradition of decorating their characters with some of the finest nose curtains in all of cinema.” But even if his mustache surpasses Bridges’ and Brolin’s in this Western, he has competition from many Coens characters who preceed him. Check out NYMag’s “Stach-o-Meter (which grades on a scale of Zorro to Gene Shalit)”.